Description
Served 'Em Right. - - We refer to the two deputy marshals and one slave hunter, who caught a colored man near Delaware City, Kansas, on the 9th ult. (December 9, 1861), and attempted to return him to his rebel owner in Platte County, Missouri.
Having secured their prey, the trio crossed the river, but had scarcely reached the Missouri shore when they were set upon by a party of armed Secessionists, who exclaimed “Shoot the d—d Jayhawkers.”
Tableau : A volley fired by the Missourians ; slave catcher receives a charge of buckshot in his breast and face; deputy marshals run away, and are pursued by Missourians, whose horses unfortunately get mired in a quick-sand; colored party breaks for the river, and swims across.
“Shoot the d—d Jayhawkers !” - Chicago Tribune.
(Researcher's note: see entry for 11/16/1861 "Another Fugitive Slave Case.")Date(s) of Creation
12/13/1861
